Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Alex Ross & "The Well-Tempered Web" : Downloading is doing THE OPPOSITE OF KILLING classical music

"If, as people say, the Internet is a paradise for geeks, it would logically work to the benefitof one of the most opulently geeky art forms in history."

Thanks Alex Ross at The New Yorker for further shattering the illusion that digital file transfer,paid downloading and/or sharing of music is KILLING anything other than the sh*tty commercialmusic industry and that people don't want to pay for lame major-label 'as seen on this weeks car ad' albums just to get that 'hit single'. So yes, I'm an advocate of DISCREETLY sharing musics onlineand making individual judgements based on the particulars of the availability of the release, theartists in question and how large/who in its audience its going to - on a album by album basis. Looks like its working out just fine for the classical music community.

And it appears our well-informed gentleman Mr. Ross here has a newly published book on 20th CenturyComposers too in the event you were ever wanting to get with the more knowledge on the subject:

Documenting adventures in explorative modern music, film, visual art, architecture, design and performance. Regardless of genre, class or style. Essentially thoughts, reflections and criticism on non-commercial contemporary artforms that come to my attention. Either through witnessing them here in my home city, while traveling abroad, or the journalistic work of others. As well as occasional interjections of existential, experiential, cultural or political enthusiasms and consternations that may crop up along the way. ie; Life.